BLM macros

[NintenPyjak64]

I thought Aetherial Manipulation was practically useless lol do people actually use that?

It's used to reduce the downtime between movement.
For example in T5 after the adds die and people are getting into position for Fireballs, my BLM friend would stay in place and just keeps hammering away. When the first Neurolink is about to drop, he'll zoom over to the stack he's designated to (unless we have a SMN for OT + 2 pets) and keeps DPSing.
During Levi it's also used to negate the pushes from Levi slamming the barge. Everybody else is close to the head/tail but you're where your target used to be giving you more uptime then usual as you'll need to move less if at all to get into position.

Thundercloud already makes Thunder 3 instant cast with no MP cost, and as for instant cast Flares, I'd rather save SC for Fire 3 to get to AoEing much faster. I see SC as more of a tool to speed up the ramp up time needed for your UI/AF if you don't know what you can get away with exactly